Certain prayers and godly meditations very needful for every ChristenCerteine prayers and godly meditacyons very nedefull for euery Christen

They that are not Christen can take but small comfort of the goodness to come / because to them all things are uncertain for this affect which is called hope (by the which we are commanded after mans comforting to trust ever for ⟨image 73⟩the best / bight which we take great matters in hand trusting to bring them to our purpose (doth of ten times) yea and in a manner always / deceive us. As Christ doth teach in the .xij. of luke of the rich man which said to his soul. I will destroy my barns and build greater / and therein will I gather all my fruits and all my goods / and will say unto my soul: Soul thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years / take thine ease / eat / drink / & be merry. But god said unto him: thou sole this night will they fetch away thy foul again from the / then whose shall tho is things be which thou hast provided? So is it with him that gathereth richesse and is not rich in god.

THey that are not Christen can take but small comfort of the goodnesse to come / bycause to theym all thynges are vncerteyn for this affect whyche is called hope (by the whyche we are commaunded after mannes confortyng to trust euer for ⟨image 73⟩the best / bithe whiche we take greate maters in honde trustyng to bryng theym to oure purposse (doth of ten tymes) ye and in a maner alweyes / deceyue vs. As Chryst doth teache in the .xij. of luke of the ryche mā whiche said to his soule. I wil distroy my barnes and bylde gretter / and theryn will I gadre all my frutes and all my goodes / and will saye vnto my soule: Soule thou hast moche goodes leyd vp in store for many yeares / take thyne ease / eate / drinke / & be mery. But god said vnto hym: thou sole this nyght will they fetche awey thy foule agayne frō the / then whose shall tho is thinges be whiche thou hast prouyded? So is it with hym that gathereth rychesse and is not ryche in god.

Nether yet hath god left the sons of men so / but doth comfort them by a hole sure and perfect hope / that they shall over come their evils and obtain goodness And though they be uncertain where goodness t is that shall come / yet they hope still without doubt / by the which hope they are sustained / lest (by falling into desperation) they should not be able to suffer their present evil / & so to do worse wherefore